The Drug Shortage App from LogicStream Health™

Our Solution

The Drug Shortage App helps hospital pharmacy teams with an easy-to-use, web-based solution that manages drug shortages and minimizes disruption to patient care. Hundreds of hospitals use LogicStream Health’s Pharmacy Process Improvement and Control enterprise software platform to save millions of dollars caused by drug shortages and unnecessary drug spend. Now hospital pharmacy teams can get the power of our clinical process improvement and control platform in a simple, easy-to-use app to save lives, save time and save money. Want more information? Download our overview of The Drug Shortage App.

The Drug Shortage App: A Better Way to Manage Drug Shortages

Each drug shortage is different. Pharmacists need timely information to determine effective management strategies. Here are some of the benefits for hospital pharmacists using The Drug Shortage App:

• Opportunities to control the demand side of the drug shortage equation
• Access to all workflows in the electronic health record (EHR) driving usage of specific medications
• A view of all clinicians who are ordering, prescribing and dispensing medications in short supply – so pharmacy leadership can intervene accordingly
• Visibility into the location of and capability to manage medication inventory at multiple levels including system, hospital, department or cabinet
• Automated documentation of all changes to the EHR, allowing pharmacy teams to easily evaluate when to return to previous workflows once the shortage has passed

Thousands of hospital pharmacists depend on our software because it reveals:

• Detailed usage patterns
• Individual top users
• Organizational areas with highest use
• Common clinical indications
• EHR workflows generating orders for the drug in shortage

The drug shortage story is not unique. Learn more about how health systems are driving standardization and quality care with Medication Management Software Solutions and with Clinical Process Improvement and Control software from LogicStream Health.

Learn more

In this blog post, “Effective Drug Shortage Management: New Strategies and Solutions,” Dr. Brita Hansen takes a look at the new strategies and solutions that hospitals are using to combat drug shortages. Read the full article here. For more information and a detailed discussion of the current state of hospital pharmacies, listen now to a recent episode of the LogicStreaming Podcast, where Dr. Brita Hansen, Chief Medical Officer, and Patrick Yoder, Chief Executive Officer of LogicStream Health, discuss the challenges health systems are facing and potential solutions to this crisis. Check out the latest news coverage about The Drug Shortage App here. Other Resources:

• The Drug Shortage App Frequently Asked Questions
• Drug Shortage Impact Survey Results

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